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Is a new moon visable?
No a new moon is not VISIBLE
What do you call the moon when the whole disc is visable from earth?
A full moon.
What is the moon when less and less of it is visible?
When less and less of the moon is visible, it is transitioning from a full moon to a new moon. This phase is known as the waning gibbous phase, followed by the third quarter, waning crescent, and finally the new moon.
When is the moon considered new?
when the moon is considered new, the sunlit side of the moon is not visable to the earth
What do you call the moon when it is not visable on earth?
the part of the moon cycle when you would not see it is called the new moon.
What moon is it when although less than a quarter of the moon is visible now the visible portion is getting larger as the moon moves from the new moon phase toward the first quarter phase.?
The moon phase you are describing is the waxing crescent phase. During this phase, less than half of the moon is illuminated, and the visible portion is increasing as it progresses toward the first quarter phase. The illumination grows as the moon orbits the Earth, moving away from the new moon phase.
What are creasent moon first quarter and waning and waxing gibbous are some of?
These are different phases of the moon based on its appearance as observed from Earth. Crescent moon is when less than half of the moon is visible, first quarter is when half of the moon is visible, waning gibbous is when more than half but less than full moon is visible, and waxing gibbous is the phase when more than half but less than full moon is visible.
What kind of moon was it on December 5th in the year of 2008 full moon or quarter moon or gibous moon?
first quarter moon http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=moon+8pm+december+5+2008
A total solar eclipse is visable from?
Only within the moon's umbra.
More than a quarter of the moon is visible and the visible portion is becoming smaller as the moon moves toward the third quarter phase?
It sounds like the moon is currently waxing gibbous, with more than a quarter but less than half of the moon visible. As it progresses towards the third quarter phase, the visible portion will continue to decrease until only half of the moon is visible.
What is the moon phase that is between waxing crescent and first quarter?
The moon phase between waxing crescent and first quarter is called waxing gibbous. In this phase, the moon is more than half illuminated but less than full.
What happens to the moon after it is full?
After the full moon phase, the moon's illumination begins to decrease as it moves towards the new moon phase. This is known as the waning phase, where less and less of the moon's illuminated surface is visible from Earth.
